Long Winter's End

I think we're finally able to pack away Elijah's winter coat and hat. Beautiful weather comes and goes these days, but a warm spring is looking more and more promising. We can't tell if Elijah is trying to channel the sun or Elton John in this next picture...

We got to squeeze in a couple of trips to the zoo already this year...Elijah knows the zoo well enough to think he's our personal tour guide now. I plan to post a few more zoo pictures next time, but here he is, guiding his Uncle Nadeem & Aunt Ayesha around.

And here he is kicking off the baseball season. G-O C-U-B-B-I-E-S ! ! Notice his expression of tentative hope...

With respect to sports, Elijah's first preference seems to be baseball...like father, like son. Watching Elijah play, I can't help but imagine Rob at that age. Elijah has been enjoying his weekend sports class...it's basically romper room for boys. I was actually kind of surprised to see that no one enrolled their daughters because the class is co-ed, but anyway, it's just heaven for kids who love to play ball. On the first day, they set up several stations--basketball, football, volleyball, soccer and field hockey. The kids are too young for any kind of instruction, so it's basically open gym. For Elijah, it was more like a game of hot potato. He'd say "ooh" at the sight of a basketball, pick it up, and in mid-shot, he'd say "ooh" at the sight of a football, drop the basketball, pick up the football, and in mid-toss, he'd say "ooh" at the sight of a soccer ball...and on and on it would go. He was much more focused at the next class, thanks to a new tee-ball station. ~Nasreen